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Thomson, GA Z. B. (Zebedee) Armstrong 1911-1993 Assemblage

Information: Zebedee B. Armstrong was an outsider artist best known for his doomsday calendars. Armstrong went to school until eighth grade. He married in 1929 and had two daughters. For much of his life, he worked picking cotton on the local Mack McCormick farm. After his wife died in 1969, he began to work at the Thomson Box Factory, staying there until 1982. In 1972, he claimed to be visited by an angel who warned him that the end of world was coming soon. Armstrong began to construct various "doomsday calendar" calculating machines that would attempt to determine the exact date. Many of the calendars are made of wood and have clocklike designs with hands used to calculate dates. Wikipedia

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	Dilettante Press: "Z.B. Armstrong" America Oh Yes! Gallery: "Z.B. Armstrong" Wikipedia Slotin Folk Art
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Bibliography: Folk Art Messenger, obituary, Spring 1993 "Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century American Folk Art and Artists" by Chuck and Jan Rosenak, Abbeville Press, New York, 1990. "Contemporary American Folk Art - A Collector's Guide" Chuck and Jan Rosenak, Abbeville Press, 1996. Slotin Folk Art Auction Catalog, Masterpiece Sale, November 4, 2006 "20th Century American Folk, Self Taught, and Outsider Art" by Betty-Carol Sellen, Cynthia J. Johnson, Neal-Schuman Publishers, New York, 1993. "Self Taught, Outsider, and Folk Art—A guide to American Artists, Locations and Resources" by Betty-Carol Sellen with Cynthia J. Johnson, 2000. "American Self-Taught Art: An Illustrated Analysis of 20th Century Artists and Trends with 1,319 Capsule Biographies" by Florence Laffal and Julius Laffal, 2003. "Self-Made Worlds: Visionary Environments" by Roger Manley and Mark Sloan, Aperture, New York, 1997.

Credit: Slotin Folk Art

Doomsday Calendarc. 1988. Marker on cardboard. Framed to display both sides - some fading on one side. 15.5 x 20 with frame. Credit: Slotin Folk Art

Doomsday Calendar Marker on cardboard 9.5" w x 15.5" h. Credit: Slotin Folk Art

	Doomsday Clocks Z.B. Armstrong Group of Three Doomsday Clocks. The tallest is 6" x 11" h. Marker on wood. Credit: Slotin Folk Art
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